18 dead in Honduran prison attack

13 prisoners survived

May 3, 2008 12:00:00 AM PDT

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras --

A Honduran police official says at least 18 inmates have died in a prison attack. Security Ministry spokesman Wilmer Torres says 31 prisoners were attacked by their cellmates with knives and guns just hours after they were transferred Friday night to a prison in Tegucigalpa from San Pedro Sula, 110 miles (180 kilometers) north of the capital.